Monday, June 27, 2016

When Moses became old, God chose
Joshua. In this passage, we can learn two things. First, it's God who
choses the true leader. Second, the leader is a faithful servant of
God.

God spoke about Moses' death

God spoke about the promised land in
which Moses wished to enter into, but he couldn't enter because he
had disappointed God once when he failed to honor the Eternal God
(20:12,13). But Moses wanted God to establish a shepherd for the
people, so that the congregation would not be as sheep that have no
shepherd. When God spoke about death, what was Moses' main concern ?

God chose Joshua (18-23)

God designated Joshua as Moses'
successor. In what way was Joshua suitable to become a true leader ?
He was a man in whom was the Spirit, meaning he knew God and he had
spiritual power from God (18). One man cannot lead another by his own
strength. He can only lead him by God's strength. Are you all true
leaders ? Do you work with the help of human tricks or through
the strength of God ?

Prayer : Lord, you are He who
guides kings, the leaders of the earth. Just as you chose Moses and
Joshua, may you choose true leaders of this earth. I believe that the
true leader comes from God.

In this text, we see the
prophet Balaam who had kept his heart pure to the very end. What was
the temptation in front of which he has kept his heart pure ?
What did he prophesy when he kept his heart ?

The prophet Balaam who had kept
his heart pure (10-13)

King Balaq's anger
burned seeing that the prophet Balaam kept his heart pure to the very
end, even thrice (10). He said he would give materials and honours to
Balaam but God stopped him from receiving (11). But what was
Balaam's answer ? He said clearly that even if king Balaq gave
him all things, he couldn't contradict the Eternal God's order (12,
13). Among the people of God, there are more people who have fallen
, not because of difficulties but because of vain glory.

Balaam's prophecy
to Israel (14-25)

When Balaam kept his
identity to the very end, the morning star rose in his heart (2P
1:19). He could prophesy that Israel's people will rule over all the
country, detroying all the ennemies. He prophesies also about
David's kingdom (17). When a prophet keeps his heart, his identity,
he has the assurance that he will become a prince or a princess of
the Kingdom of God, and that he will reign eternally. Do you have
this assurance ?

Prayer : Lord, help
me to keep my heart pure and to obey your word. Help me to believe
that a Christian who keeps his heart will became an authentic
christian who reigns with you.

Thursday, June 23, 2016

This text is a song, a poem and a
spiritual testimony of the prophet Balaam. It is very beautiful. This
text can strengthen prophets today who live in a world where there is
no longer any song or poem, a world which suffers from material
seduction and lust for power.

He set his face toward the
wilderness

The prophet Balaam looked toward the
wilderness. There, the people of Israel was encamped like a large
army ready to destroy Moab. But Balaam's song was not about military
strength ; rather, he understood that God had a great plan for
blessing his people. He understood that God delights in blessing
those who bless his people. What is the subject of your daily song ?

The song which reflects the word
of God (3,9)

How could Balaam have understood the
truth ? It didn't come from his human reasoning or logic. First,
he was able to know this truth because the Spirit of God was upon him
(2) ; second, when he heard the words of God (4) and third, when
he had a vision of the all-powerful Lord. Thanks to that, he was able
to know God's truth (Luke 10:21). In this way you can also know the
truth through God's spirit and his word. You will also be a poet who
sings of the victory of God's people.

Prayer : Lord, open my eyes so
that I can see your wondrous works. Help me to write poems which show
that you have blessed me and that I will finally be victorious.

In fact, Balaq hadn't really sustained
damage, but, obstinately he importunes Balaam. Balaq continually asks
Balaam to damn Israel, leading Balaam to a few places. However, after
he had listened to God's word, Balaam kept his heart's core pure. We
will study what was his heart's core.

God isn't a man

The reason you can't listen to Balaq's
word was because the Eternal God isn't a man (19). God had promised
that he will bless Israel. God doesn't fail in keeping this promise,
whatever happens, whatever be the prejudice. God isn't a man. God
always keeps the promise which he has said to mankind.

God doesn't sees the injustice of
Jacob

Balaq, who wanted to damn Israel that
God decided to bless, was a stupid man (20). In the same way, the one
who wants to damn people that God decided to bless and or people who
work hard for God, is stupid. Instead he makes the curse fall on
himself. God said to Israel to not damn Moab, so we must bless Moab,
and Moab would be wise to not damn people of God. But often the
reality is different. The one who leaves, leaves damning. God decided
to bless (Ex 15:26), even by not inflicting sickness which God
inflicted on Egyptians, always healing Israel. God is the one who
blesses Israel and keeps his promise to the very end. The one who is
opposed to God is stupid.

Prayer : Thank you Lord, you are
always the one who blesses and protects the one who serves you with
your love and your power. Help us to discern your will and keep us
within your blessing.

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

If we are God's servants, we shouldn't
be babblers, but rather strong people who believe in God whatever the
difficulty, and who solve problems (1 Corinthians 1:4, 5 ; 1
Timothy 1:7). From today's text, we should understand how Balaam was
clothed with God's strength.

Balaam was faced with an
embarassing situation

Now, Balaam had left his homeland and
stood before a dignitary of a foreign land. He had to seek answers in
front of them (39, 40 from the previous chapter), so this situation
was embarassing for him, a prophet.

Balaam is clothed with God's
strength

In this situation, Balaam asked for
burnt offerings and spoke special words. However, what he finally
said was contrary to what Balak had hoped for. Balaam was entirely
clothed with God's strength. First, he separated himself from the
others in order to meet the Eternal God (3) - "prayer". Then, he received "God's word" (5). Thirdly, he
decided to die a righteous man (10) - "decision". Fourthly,
Balaam preached what he had received (12) - "preaching".

Prayer : Lord, when we are
embarassed by difficulties we face, help us to have the wisdom to
meet with you and receive your word. I understand that only when I
receive your word will I be strengthened.

Divine comedy
The story of Balaam in Nb 22-23 is very pleasant. This character will make laugh. Meanwhile, the donkey Balaam speaks and this one tells the blessing while the enemy in front of him with gifts in hand were waiting for the curse. Balak was angry when from the mouth of Balaam came constantly words of blessing. It seems there is no more cheerful story in the Bible, perhaps second after the story of Jonah. Balak led Balaam in three different locations, but it continues to bless Israel. The king was very embrassed.
Our God is the God who laughed and make laugh as he laughed Sara because of her unborn son. He laughed Jonas by growing castor root.
But in fact, to Balaam, it was not a funny story. It was a very critical story for him, because he was the prophet, but he was somehow sold by the desire for wealth and power. He allowed himself to have these things, and now he's stuck somehow in an impasse from which he can't withdraw.
But they say that even if the sky is falling, there is a hole to get out. Before the king and the chiefs of Moab, he began to recover. How? By God's help he was able to overcome his fear and challenge by faith. God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and love and wisdom says 2 Timothy 1: 7. Balaam stood before God and he received the word and with his firm decision of the same kind of Esther, "If I perish, I perish" he advanced towards the king. Then, like Paul, he transmits what he had received from God, the living word of God. That works! Despite the king's anger, he was unscathed. But at the end of the day, apart from all those things that are key to the victory of Balaam, the basis of all this is clear. It's that Balaam, when he heard the voice of the donkey and the voice of the angel of the LORD, repented. A soul deeply repented cannot be overcome by the world. It offer a victory.

Monday, June 20, 2016

Eph 1:18
Paul prays for Christians in Ephesus that they have revelation and wisdom. Balaam in No. 22 was blind to the power and possession of Balak. I must pray for God to open our eyes, I and my flock, the spiritual eyes to see his holiness and truth. As a prophet, it would be the first duty. But how, despite our prophet position - Paul spoke of the gift of prophecy in 1 Corinthians 14 that we must all seek to have it to build the church - we ignore this prayer. Working as a businessman, I have often risked to let trouble my eyes to the power and material possessions. We are in the summer which is the season of complacency. All French are seeking to enjoy the pleasure of the world. It seems that it is normal to feel far from the winter which is the season of sobriety and severity. There is Christmas when Jesus was born in the world. He gave up his glory in heaven and came to this world to be with sinful men. He was not born in a hospital, not even in a asile, but in the stable of animals of Bethlehem. Mother Theresa, to know what it's like to be barefoot on the earth, went barefoot on the gravel of the garden. To better understand what hurts, what burns. So that all his freedom be the availability to service to God, that is for the Human. When she left, everyone was exasperated at what she confessed that she was not sure of his salvation. The publication of his biography is paradoxically called "the kingdom of the night." Oh, how difficult it is to be enlightened by God to see the spiritual world. When the Holy Spirit touches us, then our eyes open and we can see the kingdom of God.

Unwittingly,
Balaam became a blind man even as he had opened eyes. Lets us think
about Balaam’s pride and his poverty of being fooled by the
astuteness of Balaq. The Eternal God helped Balaam in two things :

God opened the eyes
of Balaam

While Balaam’s donkey
didn’t ever disobey, Balaam himself disobeyed God (32). Because
Balaam was attracted by Balaq’s stratagem, God should have hit him,
however God protected him and opened his eyes. When you open
spiritual eyes, you can see the Eternal God (Eph 1 :18)

The Eternal God made
Balaam recognize his sin

Balaam, after opening his
spiritual eyes through the angel of the Eternal God, saw his sin
against the Eternal God. But the Eternal God sent his angel close to
Balaam to proclaim God’s word. The problem of Balaam is that, even
if he is a prophet, he let himself be weakened by power and material
things which possessed Balaq. The ennemy of this prophet is power and
material things.

Prayer : Lord,
thank you for showing Balaam his sin, have mercy on us, despite our
position of prophet, we are so weakened in front of power and
material things.

Sunday, June 19, 2016

A brother was threatened by his
parents : we will cut off his means of living, etc... Balaq sent
again leaders with a considerable present. Actually, behind this was
a menace towards Balaam. At the sight of material offering, he let
his heart weaken. What was the result ? (17-19)

Balaam hits the donkey

When God had seen his heart weaken, he
first permited Balaam to leave. All the same, Balaam knew very well
what was God's answer, but he asks again what God wants him to do. So
God lets Balaam leave (20). But, on the way, Balaam saw his donkey
fall down. It was because the Eternal God was angry with him. So
Balaam hit the donkey.

God opened the donkey's mouth

When the anger of the Eternal God
flared because he left, the donkey fell down under him, due to the
angel of the Eternal God who was standing on the way. So Balaam hit
it, and the Eternal God opened the donkey's mouth, which blamed
Balaam (27, 30). Why did God open the donkey's mouth to blame
Balaam ? It was the result of Balaam's weakening facing the
important present given by the king Balaq. It seems that prophets who
let their hearts weaken beause of this kind of material offer are
less than a donkey.

Prayer : Lord, be with prophets of
this country, help them to not weaken because of material problems,
rather that they can hold firm to their reponsability of giving God's
word to people

In the course of human history, victory
and defeat follow continually. Yet, where we discern divine will,
there is only victory. Through Balaam's story, we will learn how to
interpret God's divine will.

Balak sent a gift

The Israelites camped at the border of
Moab. The king of Moab was terrified of such a horde of people. Balak
sent a gift to Balaam so that he would curse the Israelites. The
Bible says the Israelites weren't bothering Moab (Deut. 2 : 6).

Balaam refused the gift

It seems that Balaam was someone who
knew God well. So how did he react to the messengers sent by Balak ?
First, he was very polite (7), so he welcomed them with great
protocol and politeness. Second, Balaam was very cautious. He was
prudent and separated himself from them in order to reflect. At that
moment, Balaam came before God and prayed (8-11). Finally, Balaam had
the courage to refuse the gift (13). After a certain length of time,
he had decided to refuse this very appealing gift. Without
sufficient prayer, we would not be able to refuse such a gift.

Prayer : Lord, sometimes, in spite
of our desire to please you and follow your will, we don't know what
to do, we know nothing. Help us to be cautious and wise in order to
come to you and pray until we understand your will.

Saturday, June 18, 2016

Wesley Dewel said about tears: He said that Jesus understands what crying, praying. The shortest verse in the Bible, "Jesus wept" implies that he himself cried a lot. But Dewel said it must be clear that our tears are not tears shed because of self-pity. Such tears can be basically mundane. The tears from self-pity can give the momentary release frm tension. Because "a moment noisy of a cry" may alleviate the desperate and raise the morale of dispirited. But if a wound is sinking after the tears, it would be a weapon of evil. When the donkey said to Balaam, "Why do you strike me? "Balam said," because you upset me. "Balam did not know God's angel prevented her animal in anger and led him into his benevolent will, but he thought only of himself and was angry. It is the nature of the self-centered man. Tears can be self-centered and carnal. Dewel talked about several spiritual reasons for the tears I like to quote on this occasion. He says first that we must cry because the man has abandoned God. Then we have to cry because sin is spread in the exponential speed. Third, we must cry because as people of God we are spiritually asleep. We must also cry because the Lord's Day is approaching and we have before us many unfulfilled tasks.

Friday, June 17, 2016

The visit of the delegation from Balak to Balam reminds us of the visit of the angel to Mary. Of course visitors or masters sending delegates are different. It is the same for the result. But the reaction of the recipients is the same. Balam was cautious before deciding his action. He thought deeply and finally decided to refuse gifts and King's proposal. Circumspect Mary reflected on what might have been in such a greeting. Mary finally decided to obey to the will of God to become the mother of Jesus even though this entails great suffering in human terms (she was betrothed to Joseph). Balam also would be tempted to listen to the request of Balak and his refusal decision would have caused him serious trouble from the political perspective. Mary was a godly woman. In front of the message, she was not rushed to decide. But she retired to seek God's will. Those who do not pray never experience God nor victory. Especially they are unable to be inspired by a spirit of God. Many Christians live according to their feeling to finally resign themselves to the selfish and helpless life. It is a life, whatever outwardly quiet, of failure. So we can say that circonspection is a prerequisite for a triumphant Christian. 1 Corinthians 13: 5 says that love is patient. The impatience of Moses to the rebels took away the privilege to go in the promised land. In human history, success and defeat succeed repeatedly. But success is to the one who seeks God with humble and circumspect attitude.

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Sometimes, we put our hopes in our
friends or in loved ones concerning our personal affaires, but when
this hope is broken, we are disappointed and bitter. In such a case,
let us think how Moses acted.

Edom refused to help Israel (1-14,
21)

Passing by Kadesh, Moses demanded help
from Edom, his brother, descendant of Esau, Jacob's brother. He
demands his help in order to pass by his territory. But Edom refused
and he sent many armed people to stop Moses. We don't understand this
reaction, maybe he was jealous of the Israelite's blessing and
health. In Korea, there is a maxim : « if a cousin buys a
field, you have a stomachache ». It's the nature of mankind. If
you see loved ones who are younger or healthy, you feel jealous. But,
in spite of his heavy heart, Moise looked for another way, walking
around the country. He doesn't hold it against him, but he relied on
the Eternal God, who surely will give him the way, and he kept going.

Moses unrobed Aaron and dressed
his son Eleazar

They went from Kadesh to arrive at the
montain of Hor, then God ordained Moses to remove Aaron's sumptuous
priestly clothing and to dress his son. Aaron, who had disobeyed God
in Meriba wasn't able to enter the promised country ; he must
disappear like the morning dew. The Eternal God's word remains
eternally, and the glory of this world evaporates like a flower of
the field, as shown in Aaron's story.

Prayer : Thank you Lord, give us
your grace, so we don't hope excessively in mankind, you are our only
support, it's you who gives and takes the priestly robes.

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Meditation of Day
Dr. Samuel Lee said, "patience is the mother of love. "(1 Cor 13: 5) When Moses lost his patience, he lost his blessing (Ps 106: 33). He was forbidden to enter the promised land that he aspirated so intensively.
If you are a leader, it is imperative to acquire this noble character. As the maxim of French origin, "the noblesse oblige." The perfect example of this nature is found in Jesus Christ. He endured sinners who were constantly rebelling against him unto be crucified (Heb 12: 3).
Moses was once a shepherd who even prayed to God to forgive the Israelites by felling on him the judgment for them. But now, because he struck the rock twice, it is forbidden to put feet in Canaan. What fate of sort, and what cruel punishment! But in this way God has shown the importance of responsibility. We like the leading position, but we avoid the responsibility for the consequence of the breach of it is so heavy. Thus, the false personality is formed in one person. The spirit of abandonment is common nowadays, especially in the broken family.
Moreover, this fact of Moses shows us that the fact that a person assumes the role well does not guarantee consecutive victory. The good shepherd Moses was deprived because of the souring of mind once. St. Augustine said that the first Christian virtue is humility and the second humility and third humility also. Here we find that patience is the first virtue of a Christian and the second as the patience and the third also patience. As patience continues, we feel a good caracter be graved. Paul exhorts to aspirate the best gift, surely it is love. Among the attributes of love, patience is first. So patience is the pearl of human nature. C. S. Lewis said that obedience is the path to freedom, fidelity to the (spiritual) pleasure and the unity to the personality. Patience is possible when nature is united and consistent. It bears a noble personality. How, in front of the event who does not turn as we expected, it is easy for us to give to nervousness.

Where people are gathered, there are
those who follow and those who lead. It's the same for the commmunity
of God. Today's word teaches us about the errors that the followers
and the leader are likely to commit.

The error that the people had
committed.

They were at Kadesh, and water was
lacking. People started to murmur again and assembled themselves
together against Moses. When we are guided by a leader, the most
common error committed is that of complaining about the leader. God's
people should not commit this error simply because things don't turn
out the way they want. Instead, we should have the habit of
considering God's will for us (Romans 8:28).

The error that Moses, the leader,
committed.

The Eternal God told Moses to take his
staff and hit the rock (8). So, Moses hit the rock twice. Due to the
people's rebellion, Moses became bitter and irritable. The result of
the anger and bitterness of spirit in Moses was very serious (12 ;
Psalm 106:33). It was due to impatience. Yet, patience is the mother
of love (1 Corinth. 13:5).

Prayer : Lord, whether we are
leaders or followers, help us to seek your will, to give thanks to
you. Help us to fix our eyes on Jesus who bore with sinners.

Monday, June 13, 2016

Today's text relates an event which
doesn't stop being repeated during the Old Testament. Only Jesus
Christ the Lord was able to stop this event. Lets us think about
three things.

1) mankind's
sin (6).

To rescue humans from sin, the Eternal
God punished Qoré's band. But the next day, after 24 hours, the
rebel murmuring again exploded from the Israelites' mouth. But it's
the reality of sinful humans. Humans like sin. (Jn 3:19, Gn 9:2)

2) God's judgment (11)

In the Old Testament, God's judgment
is expressed in corporal's death, but the real judgment toward
humans is'nt the body's disappearance, it's separation between God
and human (Hb 9:27)

3) The work of Jesus Christ (13) A

At the moment when Aaron stood up
between the killed and the living, the plague could be stopped. But
what Aaron did wasn't sufficient for mankind's salvation, only Jesus
Christ's blood on the cross can really stop the plague caused by sin
(Eph 5:1, 1 Tim 2:5). How do you resolve the problem of sin which
persists in your heart ?

Prayer : Thank you Lord, you sent
us the mediator between you and us to resolve sin's problem which
persists

Friday, June 10, 2016

Apparently, the leader is splendid, but
whoever is a leader recognizes that it's a heavy and difficult task.
Lets us learn what must be the leader's attitude in front of a no-win
situation.

The problem which Moise was faced
with

The imminent no-win situation was
revolt. If we see the main accusation of this people was that Moses
is arrogant (3) and that he imposes himself on them (13)

The leader's attitude in front of
a no-win situation

In this urgent situation, what did
Moses do to drive back cruel and overwhelming accusations ?
First, Moses faced it with gentleness. Moses had enough gentleness to
examine the situation objectively : how their accusations could
be justified (4). Secondly, with an enlightened mind (6, 11), a fair
reasoning, he showed how this people had an extreme conduct, and the
position that they held was a great privilege before God. Thirdly,
with prayer. When Moses heard the word, he was very irritated, but he
came before God to pray. (15, 1P 2 :23)

Prayer : Lord, in front of all
these embarrassing no-win situations, help us to have gentleness, a
fair reasoning and prayer to get through.

Thursday, June 9, 2016

If the sun goes down, night falls, and
if the sun rises, day breaks. If spring ends, summer comes. Where
there’s a will, there’s a time and a period. Through this word,
we learn how it would have been better if the Israelites had been
able to discern the times.

The end of those who murmur during
the time of attack

After listening to the spies’ report,
instead of taking heart, the Israelites became afraid. They abandoned
the idea of conquering the land, they sat down, and they murmured.
The end of these faithless people was only disaster and death
(36,37).

The end of those who attack during
the time of waiting

If we follow the example of our big
brother Moses, we see the people should have waited rather than
attacking. But they depended on their own courage and went out to
attack. It wasn’t the right moment, since, as Moses said, the
Eternal God was not with them. As a result, they were soundly
defeated and ruined. The Israelites should have discerned the will
and the time when they should have acted. What period of time are you
in now ?

Prayer : Lord, thank you for
giving us the right discernment to distinguish the four seasons. Help
us to discern your will and the time when we must execute your will.

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

The Eternal God released the Israelites
from Egyptians, to those who had no hope, God gave them hope of
Canaan's country, following with milk and honey. For the Israelites
who wandered in the desert, the promised Canaan country was really
hope. Today's text lets us see who can enter in the new country and
the new Heaven.

God says : Caleb will come
into the promised country (20-25)

The Eternal God swore, by his glory
which fills all the earth (21), that all people who saw Eternal God's
glory and offended him, would not come into the promised country. But
the Eternal god swore that Caleb would come into the promised
country. Why was Caleb able to enter ? On one hand, his spirit
was different. On the other hand, he followed wholly God's voice
(24). How is our spirit different compared with the one of the
world's people ?

God says : they will not come
into the promised country (26-35)

Hopefully, they would enter, but Israel
was not able to bear the slightest difficulty, so they came to :

tempt God (22)

offend God (23)

mutter against God (29)

As a result, all those who were less
than twenty years old, died. Moreover, their children were forced to
wander during forty years.

Prayer : Lord, help us to not
mutter against you, help us to have a different spirit than people's
in the world and follow wholly your voice.

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Numbers 14:13-19

MOISE PRAYS BEFORE THE ETERNAL GOD

Moses was confronted with a great
difficulty, so he prayed before God. In the same way, when we are
confronted with trouble, instead of being afraid or wracking our
brains for human wisdom, we must above all come to the feet of God to
pray. Let's learn about the content of Moses' prayer.

Moses prayed for the honor of the
Eternal God

Moses remembered how the Eternal God
had guided the people of Israel up to this moment (13,14). After
that, he invokes the honor of the Eternal God, saying that if God
kills his rebellious people in the desert, that would be a great
dishonor for God. Thus, Moses begs the Lord to hold back. We can see
here that Moses doesn't pray for his people, for the future of his
people, or for himself, but that he prays that the name of the
Eternal God would not be dishonored. We should not pray for our
church or our people independently of God's will and glory. Many
people pray in this way, but we must stop. Instead, let's pray that
the glory of God would be revealed beyond our family, our sheep or
our church.

Moses prayed while believing in
the love of God

If we look at Moses' prayer, we see
that he first recognized himself as a sinner deserving eternal
condemnation (19). He also acknowledged that the Lord visits the
iniquity of the fathers to the third and fourth generation, but in
the bottom of his heart, Moses also believed that God is a God of
love. Therefore, he was able to come before God and beg for mercy,
forgiveness and that God would continue to love his rebellious
people. We must pray while believing in the love of God ; we
must also pray for the glory of God as our primary subject.

Prayer : Lord, help us to live for
your glory and to believe in your love, so that people around us will
believe in your love. Correct the prayer of this people.

Bottom line : Forgive this people,
just as you forgave your people whom you brought out of Egypt and
sustained until now (19b)

Monday, June 6, 2016

6 june 2016

Nb 14:1-12

CALEB SAYS : WE WILL DEVOUR THEM

If we defined it, faith signifies to
believe, to trust in the Eternal God, who will protect us with his
power and his love, whatever happens to us. This morning, we will
Study Caleb's faith and lift up our weakened knees.

The Israelites said : Let's
Return to Egypt

After listening to ten among twelve
incredulous people's report, Israel raised its voice and cried all
night long. They muttered against Moses and Aaron (2, 5). Then Moses
and Aaron fell face against the ground in front of all the assembly.
What were the Israelites' words ? (3, 4). What do you think
about the Israelites who proposed returning to Egypt and submitting
again as the Egyptians' slaves ?

Caleb says : We will devour
them

To teach faith to a person who has no
content is like teaching colors to blind people (1 Co 2:14,15). But
Caleb and his associates rose and yelled to challenge unbelieving
people. Read aloud verse 6 to 12. They flared up against the people's
incredulity (6), eyes who saw the country of blessing, faith which
trusts in the Eternal God, and eyes to see enemies (9). With these
subjects, think about your faith personally and also about this
people's faith.

Prayer : Lord, thanks for today's
word. Forgive and give your favor to those who don't believe in you
because of lack of faith, raise a lot of men et women of faith like
general Caleb.

Friday, June 3, 2016

CONCRETE ORDER TO EXPLORE OF ETERNAL
We are called soldiers of Christ (2 Timothy 2: 3). As God's people, we have spiritual battles to fight imperatively. By texte of today we learn faith and also two lessons to fight this war.

1) God appointed twelve chiefs (1-16)
God, through Moses, chose a man from each tribe, leader of the Israelites. God sent them to explore the country. What is the reason God chose and established the twelve heads of the Israelites? It is God who establishes, promotes, sends. What is the direction for the spiritual leader of this country to assume, fulfill the will of God?

2) The concrete order of exploration of God
Success for victory depends on faith and trust that God's people gave to Jehovah God. But look ver. 22. How the order to explore the country was concrete. Have you tried to find the concrete details to explore, fight, defeat the enemy? Do you obey concretely to the word of God to lead your struggle until victory? Or are some of you leading the way roughly, obeying what pleases you, rejecting what doesn't please you?

Prayer: Lord, thank you for this word, thou hast ordained leaders to lead the fight to victory, help us, we have a big fight ahead of us to explore and defeat the enemy, give us a concrete fighting order, and help us fight this battle until victory by obeying absolutely and concretely to your word.